I fear for ETH future, almost all smart contract projects are using the PoS staking algorithm but only ETH PoW stands alone, this makes ETH different and one of a kind smart contract project, I think vitalik buterin will regret is decision after ETH goes PoS.
Why should you be fear for ETH's future? I think the ETH team thought about it before, and if the ETH project is going to be any different than before, maybe it's one of the ways for ETH to continue to change and grow big and survive any upcoming trends in crypto. We don't know if Vitalik Buterin regrets his decision or if he sticks with it. If you are afraid, you don't need to follow ETH and instead look for other coins that you think don't scare you.
ETH is an old project and is still the king of altcoins, therefore ETH is always ranked second below Bitcoin. This has proven that the future of ETH
will be bright, if the OP has doubts about the future of ETH, meaning that he has not received complete information about ETH. Because if we learn
all things about ETH correctly and from reliable sources there should be no doubt about the future of ETH. In fact, many projects have been created
to shift the position of ETH from number two on coinmarketcap, but neither one worked. I agree with you, there are many other coins that the OP
can choose, but in my opinion it will be a loss if we miss ETH as an investment asset. Because based on my experience ETH can always provide
big profits, if we can be patient holding ETH in the long term. ETH includes coins that always follow Bitcoin price movements, so if Bitcoin pumps,
then the price of ETH will pump too. So it should come as no surprise when Bitcoin hits the ATH price in 2021, ETH also in 2021 managed to reach
the ATH price. That's why ETH is my favorite coin after Bitcoin for investment choices for the long term.